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Old 03-04-2023, 06:24 PM
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Got into the DME VVT box under the hood this afternoon. My mission was to inspect the 40amp fuses in there. Both were good, but one had a sign of the beginings of heat melting. I swapped them for giggles and triedc to start. Same thing.....starts while cranking, then dies.

I decided to inspect the VVT module connectors for corrossion and WOW!!!!

The bigger power connector came off first, and it had a fair amount of green residue on it and the module connector blades.
Then I took the communication cable off and found it much worse in there, including a broken off pin in the connector.

So out came the module, and that's where the bittersweet moment happened.

I took the cover off the module to reveal a massive disaster. The module was full of rusty water!!!

I decided ot remove the connectors from teh DME while I was in there and they too had some corrossion, but not as bad as the VVT module.

Can someone recommend a good, safe way to clean both the pins and the plugs of the DME? For the time being, I have sprayed WD40 on the plugs

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